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Puzzle Palace

Puzzle Palace proper noun: the headquarters of the National Security Agency.

Proper noun

the Puzzle Palace

  1. (US, slang) The headquarters of the National Security Agency.
    • There hadn't been such a sense of united urgency in the Puzzle Palace since Dixon had ordered the bombings in the Middle East.2008, Eddy Shah, Second World, page 110
    • In just the seven short years of my career, I’d climbed from maintaining local servers to crafting and implementing globally deployed systems—from graveyard-shift security guard to key master of the puzzle palace.2019 September 17, Edward Snowden, Permanent Record, New York, N.Y.: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN

Questions about Puzzle Palace

What does Puzzle Palace mean?
Puzzle Palace means the headquarters of the National Security Agency.
What part of speech is Puzzle Palace?
Puzzle Palace is a proper noun.

Words near Puzzle Palace in the dictionary

  1. puzzle jugs
  2. puzzle lock
  3. puzzle locks
  4. puzzle out
  5. puzzle over
  6. Puzzle Palace
  7. puzzle ring
  8. puzzle rings
  9. puzzle through
  10. puzzle-box
  11. puzzle-boxes

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